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Even Evil Has Standards
A Father to His Men
Visual Pun
Four-Temperament Ensemble
Vomit Indiscretion Shot
Agony of the Feet
Papa Wolf
Romantic Comedy
Anti-Villain
Interrupted Suicide
Dumb Blonde
Room Full of Crazy
Serial Killer
Kids Are Cruel
Gender Flip
Action Prologue
Eldritch Abomination
No Ending
Death Seeker
Title Drop
Costume Porn
Death by Adaptation
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Foil
Mugging the Monster
Back from the Dead
British Films
Beware the Nice Ones
Psycho for Hire
Blood Knight
Woman in White
World of Ham
The Hero
Leitmotif
Driven to Suicide
Creepy Child
Karmic Death
Gory Discretion Shot
My God, What Have I Done?
Honor Before Reason
Get Out!
Cool Guns
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
Adult Fear
Fatal Family Photo
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
Malevolent Masked Men
Redemption Equals Death
Artistic License Biology
Italian Films
Department of Redundancy Department
Dying Moment of Awesome
Actually Pretty Funny
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
Failed a Spot Check
Humiliation Conga
All There in the Script
Rated M for Manly
For Want of a Nail
Match Cut
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience
Kick the Son of a Bitch
Not So Stoic
Cowboy Cop
Action Girl
Never My Fault
Captain Obvious
Eureka Moment
20 Minutes into the Future
Flashback
Red Oni, Blue Oni
Scenery Porn
Dual Wielding
Adorkable
Red Herring
Action Genre
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
Dirty Coward
Meaningful Echo
Grey and Gray Morality
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
Camp Gay
Killed Mid-Sentence
Laughing Mad
Green-Eyed Monster
Sci-Fi Horror
Car Fu
The End... Or Is It?
Loophole Abuse
BFG
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
Throwing Your Sword Always Works
Due to the Dead
The Cameo
Mexican Standoff
Enemy Mine
Reality Is Unrealistic
Nothing Is Scarier
Cassandra Truth
Ominous Latin Chanting
Alas, Poor Villain
Big Brother Instinct
The X of Y
Dwindling Party
The Oner
Jerkass Has a Point
The Alcoholic
What You Are in the Dark
Obviously Evil
Big Eater
Fantastic Racism
Brutal Honesty
Instant Death Bullet
Arc Words
And I Must Scream
Obstructive Bureaucrat
The Vamp
Death by Irony
It Will Never Catch On
Yandere
Precision F-Strike
Fantasy Films
Straight Gay
As Himself
Funny Background Event
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
Big Damn Heroes
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
Auto Erotica
Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism
Film Noir Index
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
The Mole
Daylight Horror
Disney Death
Extreme Doormat
Double-Meaning Title
Darker and Edgier
Asshole Victim
Expy
Black Best Friend
'80s Hair
Well-Intentioned Extremist
Ms. Fanservice
You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
Babies Ever After
Death of a Child
Idiot Ball
Big "NO!"
Shipper on Deck
Animated Credits Opening
No Celebrities Were Harmed
Bland-Name Product
Chewing the Scenery
Ghost Fiction
The Sociopath
Break the Haughty
Suspiciously Specific Denial
The Hero Dies
Fun with Acronyms
Biopic
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
Pyrrhic Victory
Stealth Pun
Posthumous Character
Villain Protagonist
Brick Joke
Establishing Character Moment
Be Careful What You Wish For
Irony
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Sadistic Choice
Scary Black Man
Gainax Ending
All Just a Dream
Black and Gray Morality
Deconstruction
The Stinger
And Starring
Adaptation Dye-Job
Product Placement
Fan Disservice
Catch-Phrase
Covers Always Lie
Femme Fatale
The '90s
Undying Loyalty
Adaptational Villainy
Cat Fight
An Arm and a Leg
The Bad Guy Wins
Moment Killer
Sir Swears-a-Lot
Chekhov's Gunman
Adults Are Useless
Knight Templar
Authority Equals Asskicking
A Date with Rosie Palms
Parental Substitute
Sassy Black Woman
Mythology Gag
Married to the Job
Big Fancy House
The Voiceless
Body Horror
The Ghost
BrotherSister Incest
Shell-Shocked Veteran
Greater-Scope Villain
Does Not Like Shoes
Last-Name Basis
Sinister Minister
Henpecked Husband
Music Stories
Never Trust a Trailer
aka: Trailers Always Lie
Earn Your Happy Ending
Fire-Forged Friends
Everyone Has Standards
Reality Ensues
Cool Shades
Affably Evil
I Did What I Had to Do
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
Coming-of-Age Story
Age Lift
Grievous Bottley Harm
Affectionate Parody
Our Zombies Are Different
Guns Akimbo
Hypocrite
The Stoner
Blood from the Mouth
Badass Longcoat
Adaptation Name Change
Boom, Headshot!
Meaningful Name
Betty and Veronica
Broken Pedestal
Deus ex Machina
Adaptational Attractiveness
Time Skip
Toplessness from the Back
Death Glare
Woman Scorned
Red Right Hand
Developing Doomed Characters
Credits Gag
Retcon
Happily Married
Eagleland
Suspiciously Similar Substitute
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
Pimped-Out Dress
The Starscream
Bait-and-Switch
Dramatic Irony
Humans Are Bastards
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Vacation Films
Contrived Coincidence
Bad Boss
Handicapped Badass
Ripped from the Headlines
Silent Movie
Taking You with Me
An Axe to Grind
Parental Abandonment
Plot Hole
Stealth Hi/Bye
Faking the Dead
What Happened to the Mouse?
Tempting Fate
Maybe Ever After
Shower Scene
Black Dude Dies First
From Bad to Worse
Narrator
Guile Hero
"Awesome McCool" Name
Defrosting Ice Queen
Reckless Gun Usage
Bottomless Magazines
Sanity Slippage
Word of God
Dramatic Gun Cock
Epic Fail
Dropped a Bridge on Him
Here We Go Again!
Creator Cameo
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
Those Wacky Nazis
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Animal Title Index
Horror Films
Too Dumb to Live
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
Soft Glass
Would Hit a Girl
Genre Shift
Awesome, but Impractical
Sealed Evil in a Can
Military and Warfare Films
One-Word Title
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Celebrity Paradox
The Mafia
My Beloved Smother
Lock and Load Montage
Super Strength
Dark Reprise
Hate Sink
Friend to All Children
More Dakka
As You Know
Zombie Stories
Shirtless Scene
All There in the Manual
Parental Neglect
"Shaggy Dog" Story
Rule of Funny
Pre-Mortem One-Liner
Big Bad
Offscreen Teleportation
Morality Pet
Eiffel Tower Effect
The Dragon
Film Noir
Real Life Writes the Plot
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
The Film of the Book
The Chessmaster
Apocalypse How
Book-Ends
Adapted Out
The Smurfette Principle
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Left the Background Music On
Thriller
B-Movie
Calling the Old Man Out
Not So Above It All
NO INDOOR VOICE
Getting Crap Past the Radar
Determinator
Artistic License Military
Male Gaze
Dogged Nice Guy
Mad Scientist
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Retired Badass
A Minor Kidroduction
Ungrateful Bastard
Took a Level in Badass
Roaring Rampage of Revenge
Unreliable Narrator
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Call-Forward
Together in Death
Pun
aka: Incredibly Lame Pun
In Medias Res
Corrupt Corporate Executive
Light Is Not Good
Sexy Discretion Shot
Berserk Button
Paper-Thin Disguise
Antagonist Title
Training Montage
Armor-Piercing Question
Kill 'em All
Pretty Little Headshots
Those Two Guys
Deadpan Snarker
Up to Eleven
Pragmatic Adaptation
Translation Convention
I'm a Humanitarian
You Killed My Father
The Lost Lenore
Disappeared Dad
Combat Pragmatist
Take That!
Meaningful Background Event
Accidental Murder
Slasher Smile
No Antagonist
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Arch-Enemy
Hero of Another Story
Sole Survivor
Bond One-Liner
Small Name, Big Ego
Your Head A-Splode
All for Nothing
Not Using the "Z" Word
The '80s
Whole Plot Reference
Lampshade Hanging
Jitter Cam
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
Once More, with Clarity!
Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
Public Domain Feature Films
Artistic License Geography
Hypocritical Humor
Hoist by His Own Petard
Card-Carrying Villain
As the Good Book Says...
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Bavarian Fire Drill
The Un-Favourite
aka: The Un Favorite
Nice Hat
Gilligan Cut
The Casanova
Children Are Innocent
The Dreaded
Stuff Blowing Up
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Vitriolic Best Buds
Peek-a-Boo Corpse
Amusing Injuries
She Cleans Up Nicely
Reasonable Authority Figure
Mistaken for Gay
Spiteful Spit
Trailers Always Spoil
Serious Business
Villain Opening Scene
Rule of Cool
Needs Wiki Magic Love
Big-Bad Ensemble
Truth in Television
Corpsing
No-Sell
Heel Realization
Danny Peary Cult Movies List
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
Jerk Jock
Hollywood Darkness
Wham Shot
Fake Shemp
Chekhov's Skill
Extremely Short Timespan
Police Brutality
Abusive Parents
Annoying Younger Sibling
Adaptation Expansion
Novelization
Country Matters
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
Tagline
Implacable Man
Didn't Think This Through
Central Theme
Mr. Fanservice
The Ditz
Based on a True Story
Random Events Plot
Gorn
Vomit Discretion Shot
Alliterative Name
Frame-Up
Belligerent Sexual Tension
Early Installment Weirdness
Did Not Get the Girl
Damsel in Distress
Empathic Environment
Breaking the Fourth Wall
Television Movie Index
Anyone Can Die
Wicked Cultured
Smug Snake
Pay Evil unto Evil
Downer Ending
Oh, Crap!
Loads and Loads of Characters
Sports Stories
Hong Kong Films
No Name Given
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Important Haircut
Historical-Domain Character
Major Injury Underreaction
One-Man Army
The Alleged Car
Unusually Uninteresting Sight
Distracted by the Sexy
All Girls Want Bad Boys
Blatant Lies
Bilingual Bonus
Unusual Euphemism
Only Sane Man
Twist Ending
Show Within a Show
Sequel Escalation
Jump Scare
Badass Bookworm
Canon Foreigner
Horror Comedy
Cruel and Unusual Death
Manipulative Bastard
Neck Lift
Imagine Spot
Romantic False Lead
Flipping the Bird
Mood Whiplash
Shut Up, Hannibal!
Make It Look Like an Accident
Groin Attack
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Ass Shove
Dies Wide Open
Non-Indicative Name
I Need a Freaking Drink
Spell My Name with an "S"
Accidental Misnaming
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Punny Name
Bittersweet Ending
Eye Scream
Stock Footage
Black Comedy
Recycled IN SPACE!
Diabolus ex Machina
Fourth Date Marriage
Author Avatar
Take a Third Option
All Men Are Perverts
Dutch Angle
Death by Sex
Mystery and Detective Films
He Knows Too Much
Faux Affably Evil
No OSHA Compliance
Break the Cutie
Overprotective Dad
Laser-Guided Karma
Heterosexual Life-Partners
Artistic License Gun Safety
Ambiguous Disorder
Genre Throwback
Bolivian Army Ending
Double Entendre
You Have Failed Me
Defiant to the End
The Power of Love
Brainless Beauty
The Cavalry
Naked People Are Funny
Good Is Not Nice
Intrepid Reporter
Only in It for the Money
In Name Only
Rasputinian Death
Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Bad "Bad Acting"
HeelFace Turn
Black Comedy Rape
The Bully
Ambiguous Ending
Riddle for the Ages
Not So Different
Karma Houdini
Worthy Opponent
Punch-Clock Villain
Bullying a Dragon
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
Historical Villain Upgrade
Deliberate Values Dissonance
It's Personal
Race Against the Clock
Big Applesauce
Cool Old Lady
Chiaroscuro
MayDecember Romance
Continuity Nod
One Steve Limit
Decoy Protagonist
Foreshadowing
Kill It with Fire
Toilet Humour
aka: Toilet Humor
Pragmatic Villainy
Funny Foreigner
Man on Fire
Refuge in Audacity
Race Lift
Pet the Dog
Suddenly SHOUTING!
Actor Allusion
He Who Fights Monsters
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
Love Triangle
Badass Boast
Wham Line
The '70s
The Great Depression
Foregone Conclusion
Insistent Terminology
Bloodier and Gorier
Daddy's Girl
War Is Hell
Fanservice
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
Informed Ability
Properly Paranoid
Call-Back
Retirony
Real Life
Film Series
The Brute
Bond Villain Stupidity
Crucified Hero Shot
Curb-Stomp Battle
Easily Forgiven
The '60s
Disguised in Drag
N-Word Privileges
Improbable Infant Survival
aka: Infant Immortality
Rule of Symbolism
The Load
Mama Bear
Made of Iron
It Can Think
Obfuscating Stupidity
Self-Deprecation
Anti-Hero
Author Appeal
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Put on a Bus
Same Language Dub
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Drugs Are Bad
Dirty Cop
Overly Long Gag
Spanner in the Works
Men Are the Expendable Gender
Reality Has No Subtitles
In the Back
Deliberately Monochrome
Determinator
aka: The Determinator
Half the Man He Used to Be
Dark Action Girl
Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene
Character Development
Line-of-Sight Name
Slasher Movie
Gold Digger
Anachronism Stew
Cold-Blooded Torture
Works Set in World War II
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
The Dog Bites Back
Cain and Abel
Domestic Abuse
Rape as Drama
Cluster F-Bomb
Mighty Whitey
Mooks
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
The Ace
Superhero
Never Trust a Trailer
MacGuffin
Cool Old Guy
Curse Cut Short
Cloudcuckoolander
Camera Abuse
Insane Troll Logic
Chase Scene
The Lancer
Homage
Slashed Throat
Nice Guy
Stepford Smiler
Leave the Camera Running
Spared by the Adaptation
Immune to Bullets
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
Stylistic Suck
Gratuitous English
Adaptational Badass
Famous Last Words
Deal with the Devil
Disproportionate Retribution
Meet Cute
Evil-Detecting Dog
Noodle Incident
Russian Films
Villain with Good Publicity
Dressing as the Enemy
The Faceless
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
The Atoner
Not What It Looks Like
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
Drowning My Sorrows
Freudian Excuse
Jerkass
A God Am I
Hero Antagonist
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
Action Survivor
Shout-Out
Fat Bastard
Science Fiction Films
Eyepatch of Power
Let's Get Dangerous!
Rich Bitch
Red Eyes, Take Warning
Facial Horror
Heroes Want Redheads
Bloodless Carnage
La Résistance
Hell Is That Noise
Parental Incest
Shown Their Work
Rousing Speech
Alpha Bitch
Dissonant Serenity
Offscreen Moment of Awesome
Fanservice Extra
Motor Mouth
Expository Hairstyle Change
Martial Arts Movie
Off-into-the-Distance Ending
Crapsack World
Improvised Weapon
Redshirt Army
Gone Horribly Right
The Un-Reveal
Villain Song
Took a Level in Jerkass
Broken Aesop
Fainting
Intergenerational Friendship
My Greatest Failure
Almost Kiss
Evil Laugh
Abhorrent Admirer
Adaptation Distillation
Ironic Echo
Male Frontal Nudity
Insult Backfire
Conspicuous CG
Revenge
Taking the Bullet
Five-Man Band
Evil Brit
Playing Gertrude
Improbable Aiming Skills
Bloody Hilarious
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold
Japanese Films
Early-Bird Cameo
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
Villainous Breakdown
I Have Your Wife
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
Pretty in Mink
The Stoic
Bi the Way
Aluminum Christmas Trees
Bound and Gagged
Evil vs. Evil
Red Shirt
FaceHeel Turn
Recap /
RiffTrax
aka: Riff Trax Movies
What the Hell, Hero?
Leaning on the Fourth Wall
Final Girl
Skewed Priorities
Mr. Exposition
Bowdlerise
Those Two Bad Guys
Broken Bird
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Epic Movie
Comically Missing the Point
Depraved Bisexual
The Remake
Token Minority
Darkest Hour
Amoral Attorney
The Big Guy
Batman Gambit
Does This Remind You of Anything?
Older Than They Look
Hope Spot
Wretched Hive
Beard of Evil
Aside Glance
Improbable Weapon User
Wounded Gazelle Gambit
Demoted to Extra
Mind Screw
Missing Mom
Psychological Thriller
Made of Explodium
Index of Film Westerns
Historical Hero Upgrade
Historical In-Joke
Have a Gay Old Time
Fate Worse than Death
Demonic Possession
Bar Brawl
Your Cheating Heart
Adaptational Heroism
Canadian Movies
Crazy Jealous Guy
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
Evil Is Petty
Lighter and Softer
Kick the Dog
Unresolved Sexual Tension
Bare Your Midriff
Heroic BSoD
Video Credits
Rule of Three
Slap-Slap-Kiss
Badass Normal
Bury Your Gays
Casting Gag
Cool Car
Fiery Redhead
Anguished Declaration of Love
Bald of Evil
Psychopathic Manchild
Logo Joke
Manchild
Love at First Sight
Large Ham
Award-Bait Song
Monumental Damage
The Smart Guy
Market-Based Title
Mundane Made Awesome
Artistic License Law
After the End
This Is Gonna Suck
Ambiguously Gay
Badass Grandpa
Disney Villain Death
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Beta Couple
Christmas Movies Index
The Quiet One
Evil Is Hammy
The Reveal
Artistic License Physics
Drives Like Crazy
Despair Event Horizon
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
Madness Mantra
Running Gag
Documentary
Cat Scare
Would Hurt a Child
Hair-Trigger Temper
French Films
Australian Movies
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Say My Name
Spiritual Successor
Dull Surprise
Ascended Extra
Arranged Marriage
Re-Cut
Our Vampires Are Different
Big Bad Duumvirate
Not Quite Dead
Catapult Nightmare
Knife Nut
Sequel Hook
Destination Defenestration
How We Got Here
True Companions
Badass in a Nice Suit
Dirty Old Man
Drill Sergeant Nasty
Fingore
Stalker with a Crush
Better to Die than Be Killed
Politically Incorrect Villain
Mercy Kill
Hollywood Law
Every Car Is a Pinto
Closed Circle
The Musical
The Chick
Creative Closing Credits
She's Got Legs
Naïve Newcomer
Only a Flesh Wound
Smoking Is Cool
Silence Is Golden
Only Known by Their Nickname
It's All About Me
Ship Tease
Genre Savvy
timeperiod
Really Gets Around
An Aesop
From Nobody to Nightmare
Protagonist Title
Blackmail
For the Evulz
Anachronic Order
Off with His Head!
Soundtrack Dissonance
Victoria's Secret Compartment
Manly Tears
Heroic Sacrifice
Butt-Monkey
Air-Vent Passageway
Scare Chord
Evil Counterpart
Only One Name
Outrun the Fireball
The Place
Crazy-Prepared
Composite Character
Plucky Comic Relief
Wrong Genre Savvy
Storming the Castle
Evil Sounds Deep
Totally Radical
Bring My Brown Pants
And the Adventure Continues
Exact Words
Artistic License History
Sacrificial Lion
Face Death with Dignity
Police are Useless
Setting Update
Neck Snap
Rewatch Bonus
Animal Motifs
Dark and Troubled Past
Ax-Crazy
Chekhov's Gun
Becoming the Mask
Scenery Gorn
Dramedy
Hidden Depths
Never Found the Body
Fatal Flaw
The '50s
Kubrick Stare
Tap on the Head
Freeze-Frame Bonus
Framing Device
Evil Plan
Villain Ball
Poor Communication Kills
German Films
Shoot the Shaggy Dog
Captain Ersatz
Advertised Extra
Attempted Rape
Tranquil Fury
Fish out of Water
Dark Is Not Evil
Vampire Fiction
Star-Crossed Lovers